At least the gorillas could eat branches but I couldnt stomach them. I could eat shoots, but I could never remember which ones I could and which I cou...dnt eat, and always paid the consequences, later. We settled not far from the homestead. I decided I was going to steal some clothes off the line. I would write a note telling them to get the money for them from UNESCO. As UNESCO would realise that I was alive, I would also tell them I was embarking on a long term project and was alive and well.. After his death, I knew that it was my duty to look after mom for the rest of her life and that all my trysts always had to take place outside of our home. These assignations, however, practically ground to a halt long before my mother passed away.Nowadays, I am always the odd man out with all my friends, as all of them are involved in relationships. I still have dinner with a few of them from time to time, but at the end of the evening, I always go home alone. That’s my lot and I have grown to. Like, for example,friends." Speaking of," Ellie said with a nervous grin on her face as sheapproached the three boys."Oh, hey Ellie!" Ian said with a grin that eased Ellie's tension,especially as she leaned in to give the young man a gentle hug. "Guys,this is Ellie, a friend of mine, Ellie, this is Ben and this is Mac,they're on my course." Nice to meet you," Ben, the shorter of the two young men said as theyboth greeted Ellie with polite handshakes.Ellie spent the next couple of minutes. My mother has explained to them that I’m expected to have a new role, outside of our galaxy, and they are going to need to take up the slack. However, being here has also given me time to find a first class chief executive to act as my general manager, and a new very much more powerful AI.“I have had to spend some time working with them to get them up to speed. My sisters do have a lot of help, but they need to play active supervisory roles at a very high level. They have the skills, they have.